How do we explain Bernie Sanders’s remarkable success?
Paul Waldman
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The GOP’s Delusions
Politicians and voters, both pretending their party can do things it can’t.
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Pay Close Attention to What the Republican Candidates Are Saying About Abortion
How abortion became the dominant issue of Republican politics.
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Donald Trump Could Actually Be the Republican Party’s Nominee for President
What used to seem impossible no longer does.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Republicans Find Their Next Anti-Choice Innovation
A new bill in Ohio would restrict abortion depending on the woman’s reason for getting the procedure. So much for small government.
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The GOP Primary Is a Mess. Can Anyone Unite This Party?
It’s awfully hard when all they can agree on is their anger and disappointment.
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The Party Strikes Back—Or Tries to, Anyway
The GOP is still trying to find ways they can knock Donald Trump down a peg.
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Why the Koch Brothers Are Heroes In Their Own Minds
Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King … Charles Koch?
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Why Donald Trump Matters
He may say ridiculous things and have no policy ideas to speak of, but don’t plan on him stopping anytime soon.
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Should We Relitigate the Iraq War in the 2016 Campaign? You Bet We Should
The question isn’t so much whether candidates will admit what a disaster Iraq was, but what they’ve learned from the experience.